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Computational Medicine, Public Health And Biotechnology: Building A Man In The Machine - Proceedings Of The First World Congress (In 3 Parts)

Computational Medicine, Public Health And Biotechnology: Building A Man In The Machine - Proceedings Of The First World Congress (In 3 Parts)

Vincent Diana J | Witten Matthew

(1996)

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9789814531641_PartI PartI-FC
Title\r PartI-iii
Copyright PartI-iv
Opening Remarks\r PartI-v
CONTENTS PartI-xxvii
Innovative Technology: It's Not Just Useful; It Changes the Rules of the Game! 1
A Simplified ab initio Quantum Mechanical Method for Hydrogen-Bonded Systems: Application to Water and DNA Base Pairs 15
Molecular Modelling of Peptide Bond Cleavage Sites in Myokinase 42
Molecular Modeling of DNA-Drug Complexes as a Tool in the Design of New Antitumor Agents 49
Computational Study of the Mechanism of Influenza Virus Neuraminidase 65
A Stereochemical Rationale for the Genetic Code, A Novel Drug Design Methodology Based on Modeling the Fit of Small Molecules to Sites on DNA 76
SPAGS: Detecting Similar Protein Architectures by the Geometry of Secondary Structures 91
New Lead Discovery in Drug Development 101
QSAR and Neural Networks in Life Sciences 126
Modeling the Anticarcinogenic Potency of Retinoids by the Oasis Method 164
Statistical Analysis of Known Proteins in Sequence Databases and Coding Region Prediction 190
The Evolution of Homeobox Genes: Experimental and Theoretical Approaches 211
A Neural Network System for Prediction of RNA Polymerase II Promoters 234
Pattern-Recognition Methods for Classifying Domains of DNA Sequences 253
Knowledge-Based Prediction of Protein Folds 267
A General Method for Predicting Potential New Genes in Nucleic Acid Sequences: Application to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus 285
A Graphics Tool for Visualizing Genomic Sequence Features 310
The Design of the Human Genome Research Netwok (HUGER Net) 320
How to Design a Genome Database 337
Modeling Tumor Growth, Growth Factors, and Control: What We Know, Think We Know, and Wish We Knew 349
Quiescence in Cancer Therapy Modeling 368
Tissue Automat: An A-Life Form with Feedback 370
Selection of Mathematical Models for Description of Tumor Growth 387
Increasing Efficacy of 1-β-D-Arabinofuranosylcytosine (ARA-C)-Mathematical Theory and Experimental Results 392
Models of Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia and its Chemotherapy 397
Computational Tumor Heterogeneity and Progression 413
Cell Cycle Models of Aging and Apoptosis: Towards a Model of Stage-Specific Cell Cycle Dynamics 442
Models of Compartmental Systems with Distributed Inter-Compartmental Transit Times 495
Massively Parallel Simulation and Visualization of Muscle Regulation at the Level of Individual Molecules 511
A Computational Model for Determining Muscle-Ligament Interactions at the Knee during Movement 532
A Computation Approach to Analysis and Understanding EMG as a Source for Movement Control 569
Two-Level Parallel Optimization of Transmyocardial Defibrillation Electrode Configuration Parameters 584
Computer Simulation of Myocardial Ischemia: Theoretical Evidence of Possible Ventricular Fibrillation Induction by Minor Myocardial Infarction 607
Simulation and Visualization of the Air Flow in the Human Nose 618
9789814531641_PartII PartII-iii
Title PartII-iii
Copyright PartII-iv
CONTENTS PartII-v
Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Visualization 633
A Knowledge-Based Toolkit for the Automated Analysis of Echocardiogram Images 656
Three-Dimensional Visualization of the Periodontal Status and Diseases for Enhanced Clinical Management Decision Making 665
Controlled Improvement and Assessment of Digital Intraoral Radiographs for Quality Assurance in Oral Health Care 677
Imaging and Modelling Challenges in Radiology 687
An Investigation into Intelligent Compression of X-Ray Images 701
Applying Computer Imagery to Summarise Data Collected from Clinical Trials 707
Using AVS to Perform Ultra-Fast Magnetic Resonance Imaging 715
Constraining High-Density ERP Source Analysis Using Functional MRI 723
Enhancement of Medical Images Using Rough Sets 745
A Neurosurgical Perspective on the Use of Multiple Imaging Modalities to Localize Sources of Electrical Activity in the Brain 756
High-Speed Image Computation for Dual Use Technology 775
Analysis of Regional Wall Motion Abnormalities by a Sequential Decision Method 785
Microimage Processing of Leucocytes and of Kidney Tissue Sections 797
Functional Integration and Neuroimaging 809
Computational Radiology and Imaging with the MCNP Monte Carlo Code 832
A Neural Model for the Initial Stages of the Sensorimotor Level in Development 846
Multineuronal Clamping/Recording with the Ultrafast Single-Electrode Neuronal Voltage Clamp: Overview of Research Goals and Uses 861
A Neural Network Model of Topographic Reorganization Following Cortical Lesions 887
Classification of Neuromagnetic Data by Artificial Neural Networks Networks 902
Visual Modelling of a Cognitive Process; Attractor Reconstruction of a Word Recognition Task 912
A Stochastic Time-Series Analysis for Detecting Excitation-Inhibition Couplings Among Neurons in a Network 921
Recognition and Classification of Multineuron Activity Using a Fuzzy-Clustering Approach 932
Functional States of the Neuronal Membrane: Mathematical Modelling 948
A Case Study in Computational Neuroscience: The Enteric Nervous System 955
Experimental Verification of Models of EEG Rhythms Leads to More Compact Description of EEG 978
A New Statistical Measure for Detecting Trends in the Firing Patterns of Neurons 990
Wrist Image Analysis, Solid Modelling, and Its Use in Diagnosing Carpal Instabilities 1009
A Coupled Fluid-Structure Finite-Element Model for the Biomechanics of Hydrocephalus 1022
Prediction of 2-D Static Normal Position of the Cervical Spine from Mathematical Modeling 1035
Clinical Validation of an Ideal Normal Static Cervical Spine Model 1047
Quantitative Analysis Techniques for Human Movement: Finding Multivariate Patterns in Large Data Sets 1056
Application of Multivariable Regression Analysis on Prediction of Compressive Strength for Iliac Crest Allograft Blocks 1070
Solving Large-Scale Optimal Control Problems for Human Movement Using Supercomputers 1088
Restoration of Thumb Opposition — A Historical Perspective of Computer Simulation at Carville 1119
9789814531641_PartIII PartIII-iii
Title\r PartIII-iii
Copyright\r PartIII-iv
CONTENTS PartIII-v
Computational Performance on Medical Datasets in Order to Find Adverse Drug Reactions as a Trigger for Innovative Developments in Drug Research 1127
Verification of Conclusions from Rough Set Analysis of Highly Selective Vagotomy (HSV) During a Follow-Up Program 1145
A Cognitive Model for the Implementation of Medical Problem Lists 1158
PRIMEROSE3: Induction and Estimation of Probabilistic Rules from Medical Databases Based on Rough Sets and Resampling Methods_1173\r 1173
Assessing Impact of Individual Sampling Schemes on Uncertainty When Predicting Individual System Parameters Based on Population Knowledge 1190
Modelling Biochemical Latency: A Bivariate Failure-Time Model With One Hidden Failure 1213
Knowledge Discovery from Noisy Clinical Data 1217
AROME: A Reasoning Tool for Homeopathy 1226
Monte Carlo Studies of Bremsstrahlung Spectra of Medical Accelerators 1242
Three-Dimensional Radiotherapy Treatment Planning 1257
Performance Enhancement of a Conformation Radiotherapy Optimisation Algorithm Using Dynamic Relaxation 1271
COMPATHS: Computational Model of Patient Health Status 1280
The Use of Time-Delay Neural Networks to Classify Hemodynamic Patterns in an Animal Model 1303
Predicting Head Injured Patient's Outcome: A Neural Expert System 1318
A Neural Network Predicts Mortality and New Metastases in Patients with Renal Cell Cancer 1325
Intellectual Computer Systems as Tools of Learning, Using and Creating Standard Descriptions (Classification Systems) in Medicine 1335
Aid to Research on Human Leukemia: an Artificial Intelligence Perspective 1344
XPRAK: An Expert System for Constitution Typology 1354
Employing a Novel Clustering and Quantization Algorithm for Data Preprocessing Improves Neural Network Performance 1366
Using Artificial Neural Networks to Detect the Presence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma During Liver Transplant Evaluation 1373
The Cross Cultural Values Database Project: Goals and Methods 1390
Automated Detection of Salmonella Outbreaks 1395
Simulation of Naturally Occuring Leprosy Transmission in Free-Living Armadillo Populations 1405
Mathematical Modelling of the Transmission of Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus 1417
An Information System for the Delivery of Equine Disease Models 1430
Demographic Recruitment in Sexually Transmitted Disease Models 1438
Modelling the Economics of Animal Health Control 1458
Clinical/Medical Outcome Prediction by Neural Networks with Statistical Enhancement 1469
Electronic Mail as a Tool for Quantitative Data Collection in Public Health 1488
Some Implications of Non-Linearity and Chaos for Epidemiological Research Designs 1496
Some Basic Issues in Electronic Data Collection and Feedback for Norwegian Municipal Health and Social Services 1523
Information Technology in Health Care: Social and Ethical Challenges 1533
Developments of Computational Methods and Networking in Medical Institutions in Hungary 1545
Simulation of Medical Laboratory Organization 1563